Giro d'Italia 2023 Giro d’Italia, Stage 20: Tarvisio- Monte Lussari, 18.6km MTT

[staubsauger]

As been said, if this stage was yesterday before the Queen stage, then it'll be a lot better, but as we have the gimmick stage to round things off, I predict a gimmick winner! Arensman, after yesterday's showing, to race up the climb, threaten G on GC, told to knock it back by the DS, then soft pedal to the finish.
Thinking of many Roglic fans have apparently been bused in, how much room is there on the climb for fans? Things could get crowded up there.

Arensman becomes at least 5th on the general classification with a good performance on Luschariberg. Maybe even 4th if Caruso cracks completely. The Dutchman will give it everything today and IMHO is a hot favorite to win atop Luschariberg together with Vine!

Hasn't Kuss significantly bettered in TT's though? Maybe the American is up for a surprise!

 

[Lequack]

A fan

 

[Lequack]

Rogla and Almeida already on the course. Meanwhile Thomas is probably still sleeping as he knows he can win it easily.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Rogla and Almeida already on the course. Meanwhile Thomas is probably still sleeping as he knows he can win it easily.

Hopefully Rogla won't do a warm-up ride all the way to the finish, right? This will stay in the legs even if tackled at a low pace (due to a monstrous gradient and a big force needed to push forward).

 

[Lequack]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1662217031993942017

View: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1662217031993942017

 

[wirral]

Hopefully Rogla won't do a warm-up ride all the way to the finish, right? This will stay in the legs even if tackled at a low pace (due to a monstrous gradient and a big force needed to push forward).

Yeah, they talked about this on Eurosport yesterday and the presenters all had the opinion that a full course ride would be a bad idea both physiologically and logistically.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Yeah, they talked about this on Eurosport yesterday and the presenters all had the opinion that a full course ride would be a bad idea both physiologically and logistically.

I suppose Rogla did a recon of such a key stage a few weeks before the Giro. I could be wrong though.

 

[Lequack]

Thomas just has to ride his watts, if he does that he wins, it's pretty easy.

 

[Poursuivant]

I'm gonna predict that there will be constant moaning throughout the stage about this being the worst Giro in memory, and if Remco was riding he would be in excess of 45 minutes up on second place by now.

Worst since last year, I can’t forget how bad 2022 Giro was.

 

[Lequack]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1662363450704527361

View: https://twitter.com/NovakTadej/status/1662363450704527361

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I suppose Rogla did a recon of such a key stage a few weeks before the Giro. I could be wrong though.

At some point someone posted that he and the team hadn't done any recons prior to the race, but I don't know if that's true or not.

 

[search]

Roglic did a "hiking recon" before, according to what they said in today's Cycling Podcast

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Roglic did a "hiking recon" before, according to what they said in today's Cycling Podcast

Haha, good one! Seriously? As a trekker I can confirm that hiking on such gradients is way easier for legs than biking (unless one has extreme gearing and is in a good cycling shape)

 

[tobydawq]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1662363450704527361

View: https://twitter.com/NovakTadej/status/1662363450704527361

With the level he shows there, he should be happy with a top 10 on GC.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

(unless one has extreme gearing and is in a good cycling shape)

luckily Roglic is in decent shape 🤣

 

[search]

Haha, good one! Seriously? As a trekker I can confirm that hiking on such gradients is way easier for legs than biking (unless one has extreme gearing and is in a good cycling shape)

I think so, yes. It also wasn't really possible to go up there on a road bike until recently. Not sure when exactly they prepared the road, but probably just a couple of weeks in advance.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

I'm gonna be in so much pain watching those chaps going up that climb later, I'll take some painkillers beforehand, or maybe a beer or two.

 

[staubsauger]

The climb is insane, chech Contador recon: https://espanol.eurosport.com/cicli...-es-durisimo-mamma-mia_vid1918730/video.shtml

I think if riders mispace they will be pedalling squares and lose minutes. Anything is possible

This is basically Kronplatz MTT in bad!

And they were in the Dolomites already.

 

[KZD]

Given how steep it is, Kuss can actually go for the stage win here. Almeida to win GC ahead of Roglic and Thomas. Arensman to climb to 5th on GC just behind Caruso.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Come on now , Samu.. I would love for that to happen but PCM and a real race?!?! You on the good stuff? Or i am missing something

There is a thread in the clinic where we discuss all the good stuff that we're on.

 

[gregrowlerson]

A fan

That boy looks like he has a glass half full outlook on life.

Never allow him to join this forum.

 

[Jan the Man]

What gearing will the pros be using?

 

[Winnen]

What gearing will the pros be using?

Van Wilder wil be using a 36x34 according to Patrick Lafevere.

 

[search]

according to a Reddit comment from the climb, only Roglic did a recon of it on the bike this morning. Tossatto yesterday said that Ineos would do it in a car

 

[gregrowlerson]

This is actually a time trial where idiotic fans could be highly influential imo. Because any interruption to a rider's rhythm on such slopes could be catastrophic.